From the largest animals to the smallest single-cell organisms, motility is a fundamental characteristic of life. Cell swimming, in particular, underpins a wide range of fundamental biological phenomena, including microbial grazing that fuels the base of the food webs, inter-microbial communication, animal reproduction, and parasitic infection—including severe diseases like malaria trypanosomiasis. Motile microorganisms are among the most important life-forms on earth, not only because of their abundance, but also because of their vital functions, e.g., in symbiosis with mammals or in ecosystems. Unravelling the basic principles of their propulsion mechanisms is essential for the development of novel strategies in the treatment of diseases, to understand microbial transport like the migration of marine phytoplankton in aquatic environments, and ultimately to open avenues for control of biological systems and the design of artificial nanomachines.
Info for invited speakers, PHYMOT members, and other participants who booked accommodation via us:
The hotel is at the GSI.
Address: Langer Grabenweg 68
D-53175 Bonn
Check-in: earliest Sunday 14.00, checkout latest Thursday 10.00
Website Gustav Stresemann Institut
Program:
Due to several cancellations, the program has been reshuffled.
Speakers include:
| Antoine Deblais | University of Amsterdam | ||
| Avraham Be'er | Ben Gurion University | ||
| Lucio Isa | ETH Zürich | ||
| Roberto Di Leonardo |
La Sapienza, Rome |
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| Manu Prakash | Stanford University | ||
| Heiko Rieger | Saarland University | ||
| Pablo Sartori | IGC Oeiras | ||
| Eleonora Secchi | ETH Zürich | ||
| Antonio De Simone | Sissa Trieste | ||
| Victor Sourjik | MPI Marburg | ||
| Katja Taute | Leipzig University | ||
| Navish Wadhwa | Arizona State University | ||
| Gerard Wong | UCLA, Los Angeles | ||
| Andreas Zöttl | University of Vienna |
Important dates
June 28: Registration and abstract submission open; early bird registration starts
September 2: Closing abstract submission; early bird registration ends
September 9: Notification of abstract acceptance for oral presentations
November 18, 09:00: start of the meeting
November 21, 12.30: end of the meeting
Venue
The conference will take place at the Gustav Stresemann Institut in Bonn
Address Langer Grabenweg 68
D-53175 Bonn
Website Gustav Stresemann Institut
For registration, see the link below
Workshop fee
The early bird workshop fee (paid before Sept. 2, 2024) is 275 Euros for master students and PhD students and 375 Euros for post-docs and senior scientists. It includes all coffee breaks and lunches, a normal dinner (buffet) on Monday, and finger food and drinks at the poster session. The regular fee for payment after Sept. 2, 2024 is 350 Euros for master students and PhD students and 450 Euros for post-docs and senior scientists.
The conference dinner is to be booked separately (see registration page).
You will receive an invoice from Forschungszentrum Jülich. The fee can be paid either by credit card or by bank transfer. Alternative methods like uploading electronic invoices by Forschungszentrum Jülich are not possible.
Accommodation
Travel arrangements are your responsibility. We have several rooms at the GSI available on a first come first serve basis for an extra cost of 90 euros per night (single room) or 120 Euros per night (60 Euros pp).
Abstract submission
Abstracts are to be made using the template that can be downloaded from this website (see under "materials") and submitted by email to: etn-phymot@fz-juelich.de. Please include apart from the PDF also the LaTeX source/.doc file and the figures. Abstracts longer than one page will be cut.
Conference Dinner
The conference dinner (to be booked separately at the registration page a 75 euros) will take place on Wednesday 20. Nov. at:
Parkrestaurant Rheinaue,
from 19.00-21.00.
Acknowledgment
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 955910.
